AFP/AP – Fasten your seatbelts, fashion fans! With some of Hollywood’s most fashion-forward stars up for awards this year, it’s going to be an eventful season.
And the Golden Globes gets it all started, with stars marking their territory at one of Hollywood’s splashiest events. Big this year: lots of sparkle and shine, and a return to old-school red carpet glamour. Also: long opera gloves. Here are some of the looks catching attention at the Golden Globes:
ARIANA GRANDE: FROM GLINDA PINK TO HEPBURN YELLOW
She didn’t wear pink, the favoured colour of Glinda the Good. But Wicked star Grande evoked another Ozian colour – yellow (of the yellow brick road, of course) in Givenchy haute couture. The gown was in pale silk with a hand-beaded bodice, a vintage 1966 gown from what the designer calls the Audrey Hepburn era of Givenchy. She wore a Swarovski choker and white opera gloves.
CATE BLANCHETT: GLISTENING IN GOLD
Actor Blanchett looked like an awards statue come to life in a glistening gold gown with a ruched top by Louis Vuitton – one that she also wore at the Cannes Film Festival. New gold stones were added to the gown, designed by Nicholas Ghesquière, to freshen the look.
NICOLE KIDMAN: SPARKLING IN SILVER
Where Blanchett glistened in gold, Kidman sparkled in silver, in a daring, one-shoulder backless Balenciaga gown. The Babygirl star polished off the look with a chic, voluminous half-ponytail.
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET: NO WOOL BEANIE HERE
Globes host Nikki Glaser zeroed right in on Chalamet, one of the hottest stars in Hollywood, in her monologue, telling him, “You have the most gorgeous eyelashes on your upper lip.”
As for the clothes on his body, Chalamet went more traditional than other recent trips to the carpet, wearing a sleek Tom Ford black suit with embellished jacket, a white shirt and a blue scarf tossed around his neck (or was it a tie?) No wool beanie like in the Dylan-inspired look he wore to the New York premiere of his film, A Complete Unknown.
ANGELINA JOLIE: MUM AND DAUGHTER, COORDINATED
Jolie was definitely part of the evening’s glamour contingent, wearing a glistening Alexander McQueen gown of intertwining metallic colors in a branchlike pattern. Her daughter, Zahara, dressed to coordinate with mom, with a similar pattern on her long white dress. Huynh said it was one of his favourite looks, because while Jolie is often known to wear simple, sleek gowns, “this dazzling, heavily embellished McQueen look made her every bit the silver screen siren”.
